Spring-seat attachment.



E. ANDERSON. SPRING SEAT ATTACHMENT.

APPLGATIOH FILED FEB. 8. 1907.

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PATENTEB MAY 14, 1907.

ELMER ANRSN! GF TUSTIN, MlCHIGAN.

SPRlNGrSAT ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 190'?.Y

Application filed February 8, 1907. Serial Noi 356,453.

To iv/ whom it may conce-rn:

Be it known that 1, Emana Annnnson, a citizen of the ilnited States,residing at Tustin, in the county of (sceola and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful lnq'irovcments in Spring-SeatAttachments, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention contemplates certain new and useful improvements in springseats for vehicles, and the invention has for its object an improvedconstruction of spring seat whereby the springs may be moved elbsertogether or farther apart so that they will ,fit different widths ofwagon beds.

The invention consists in certain constructions and arrangements ofparts horeinafter described and claimed.

For a full understanding oi the invention and the merits thereofl andalso to acquire a knowledge ci' the details of construction of the meansfor eii'ecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved seat for vehicles; Fig. 2 isa front elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a bottoni plan View of one endportion of the seat g and, Fig. il is s detail perspective View of oneoi the plates ein loyed.

orresponding and like parts are referred to in the followin@rdescription and indicated in all the views ci? the drawings by the samereference characters.

In carrying ont my invention, the bowed spring members l and 2 arehinged together at their ends in the usual manner and are secured,respectively, to lower and upper supporting bars 3 and 5, the formerbeing provided at its ends with clips or downwardly facing hooks 4adapted to be placed over the ordinary supporting rails of the vehiclebody. The spring members 1 and 2 are rigidi),7 secured to theirsupporting bars and the upper spring member 2 is screwed or bolted, asshown, to its bar, and the said attaching bolts extend. throughelongated apertures or slots 6 in the plate 7 which is interposedbetween the upper supporting bar and the upper spring member, as shown.The plate '7 is provided7 preierabl)T at its middle with a lateralextension 8 formed with an aperture 9 and said plate is also formed atits two ends with sleeves l() prei erably produced by curling the endsof the plate. These sleeves may lit in slight grooves in the uppersupporting bar 5, as shown.

A pair of rods 1l pass through the two sleeves l() and said rods areprovided at one end with eyes l2 adapted to receive the threaded shanlrs13 ol shackle plates 14, the outer ends of which are angular as shown,and are adapted to extend upwardly and over the upper ends of the seat15 and over a cleat 16 at the end of the seat. This cleat is notessential, but it usuallj,T forms the sido bar of a seat of thischaracter. The heads oi the shackle plates 14 are provided in both oftheir angular members with holes designed to receive the screws as shownso as to secure the said heads to the ends of the seat.

lil designates nuts that are screwed upon the threaded shanks 13 of theshackle platos la at opposite sides of the evi-*os 12 so as toadjnstabljv secure the shackle plates to the rods 1i, The inner ends ofthe rods 1l extend into the eyes ,19 to secure the bolts 2U that passthrough apertures formed to receive them in the strap 2r, the latterbeing riveted or screwed to the onder side of the seat as shown.

designates a screw which is ada ted to pass through the hole 9 in thelatere extonsion 8 of t 1e tplate 7 and into the seat from the underside thereof, so as to secure the plate 7 and consequently the springs 1and 2 and their supporting bars 3 and 5 at the proper point along therods 11 to eil'eot the proper adjustment of the springs according to thewidth of the seat.

From the foregoing description in connes tion with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be seen thatl have provided a very simple constructionand arrangement of the parts, whereby the springs at the ends of thewagon seat may beadjustod toward. or from each other with respect to theseat, so as to enable seats of different widths to bo used and readilyapplied to the springs. After the parts have been adjusted, they maiY berigidly secured together so as to produce a strong and stable structure.

While i have described the spring arrangement and construction at oneend of the seat IOO only, it is, olI eonrse, to he understood that thepairls :nie dupliented l'or the opposite end oll the sent.

llzrving thus deserihed the invention, what is ehrimed :is new is:

l. A vehiele sent eonstruetion, comprising :i sent, rods eonneeted tothe sent :1nd eX tending underneath the ends thereof, springs providedwith upper :1nd lower supporting hars, :t plate seeured to the uppersupporting hnr ol' enieh spring und slidinglyv mounted on` seid rods,eneh plete heing provided with u lniterzrl extension, :1nd n` fasteningdevice working through sind extension and adapted to he seenred to thesent, :is und lor the purpose set forth.

if?. A vehicle seat eonstruetion eomprisil'ig :L sent, shackle platessecured to the ends ol the sent :1nd extending helow the suine, rodsseeured ut one end to said shackle plates, n strap to which the otherends of said rods are seeured, springs provided with upper und lowersupporting hars, the upperflmrs extending between the rods and the lowerface of the sent, :t plate provided at its ends with sleeves eneirelingsaid rods and slidinglv mounted thereon, sind plate heing formed with a.lateral extension, und n` serew working through said extension und intothe sent.

25. A vehicle seat eonstruetion, eoinprising :L sent, :t pair olslim-.klo plntes seellred to eneh end ol' the sent, :L pnir ol' rodsl'or enr-.h pair ol' shuekle plates ut one end, strnips seeured to theseat :ind provided with e \,'el)olts into whieh the other ends ol' the,rods extend, springs provided with upper und lower supporting Imrs,plates interposed between said springs and the upper' bars and provided:it their outer ends with` sleeves slidingly niounted on said rods,ezreh plate heini,r provided with .fi lateral extension, :ind screwsworking through said extensions and into the seat.

ln testimonyY whereof I allix in v signature in presenee of twowitnesses.

ELMER ANDERSON.

litnessesr Vv'Aixrrzn R. S'rmnNsoN, Ri. G. LIDDLE.

